Safety-pin.



F. O. OLSEN.

SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED 1 58.24 1917.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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FREDRIK OLIVER OLSEN, 0F HORTEN, NORWAY.

SAFETY-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed February 24, 1917. Serial No. 150,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIK OLIVER OL- SEN, a citizen of Norway,residing at Horton, Norway, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in safety pins,intending to provide an absolute securing of the point of the pin, sothat it shall not spring out of the securing casing spontaneously.

The securing casing is for this purpose provided with a bulge, situatedin plane different from that going through the two legs of the safetypin and the center line of the securing casing.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, where- Figure l is asafety pin provided with the said'bulge, and

Fig. 2 a section through the line a.a in Fig. 1.

l is the leg of the pin supporting the securing casing 2. Said securingcasing is provided with the bulge 3, situated'to the side of the planegoing through the leg 1 of the pin and the center line of the securingcasing 2.

When a safety pin provided with such a securing bulge is closed, the pinwill be absolutely secured. The more strain there is on the pin 4, themore it will be pressed \Vhat I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is l. A safety pin comprising aspringpressed pointed end, a leg carrying same, a casing mounted on saidleg adapted to receive said end, said casing comprising twosubstantially straight parallel walls with a lateral opening to freelyadmit, and permit removal of, said pointed end and forming a passagewayfor said end the plane through the center of such passageway passingthrough the center of said leg, and an offset inclined end to saidpassageway lying in a different plane to the aforesaid plane.

2. A safety pin comprising a springpressed pointed end, a leg carryingsame, a casing mounted on said leg and consisting of two substantiallystraight parallel walls having a lateral opening in each of said wallsto admit, and permit removal of, said pointed end from either side, saidwalls forming a passageway for said end the plane through the center ofsuch passageway passing through the center of said leg, and a pair ofWalls forming a continuation of the aforesaid walls in a directioninclined thereto and closed at the outer end.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FREDRIK OLIVER OLSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

